Gracie and Adelina. Maybe Julia, but she has lots of things to work on. (ok, we got used to those incredible spins)
Even though Polina's performances were good, I was not impressed. Gracie and Adelina have beautiful jumps and seem very confident. With Polina, I was just hoping at every jump that she won't fall. But again, I'm not an expert.

Pretty much. This next 4 years will be all about the technical elements. Actual choreography and musical interpretation will become meaningless because anyone who nails all of the elements will score at least high 8's in all of the components anyway. One of the Russian girls will likely start doing 3Lutz+3Toe, 3Axel, and 3Flip (or 3Loop) in the SP, which will push others to start seriously training 3Axel as well.

After 2018 there will then be a push to start rewarding artistry again and components will start getting looked at more closely. The PCS factor for the Women's event will be increased from .8 and 1.6 in the SP and LP, respectively, to .9 and 1.8. This will be necessary to balance the value of the component scores against the now-standard heightened technical content in the Women's event.

^I highly doubt Sotnikova will be winning another gold in 2018 in Pyeongchang. I see Gracie Gold giving her a serious run for her money. Plus, I've already seen Gold give her an epic b*tchface backstage in Sochi so that's already some good rivalry brewing there.

This sounds like you're gleefully looking forward to melodrama and fights than actual skating.

Rivalries can be exciting and actually instrumental in pushing the sport forward.

Originally Posted by Blades of Passion

Pretty much. This next 4 years will be all about the technical elements. Actual choreography and musical interpretation will become meaningless because anyone who nails all of the elements will score at least high 8's in all of the components anyway. One of the Russian girls will likely start doing 3Lutz+3Toe, 3Axel, and 3Flip (or 3Loop) in the SP, which will push others to start seriously training 3Axel as well.

After 2018 there will then be a push to start rewarding artistry again and components will start getting looked at more closely. The PCS factor for the Women's event will be increased from .8 and 1.6 in the SP and LP, respectively, to .9 and 1.8. This will be necessary to balance the value of the component scores against the now-standard heightened technical content in the Women's event.

Russia, they're churning them out so fast, it's scary. Their Junior Girls are already formidable and intimidating in competition. It's not a bad thing if it ups the ante. The only Fed that could challenge them is Japan's, and I think the domination of Hanyu will help to bring a new crop of Japanese Junior Girls like Satoko. Elena, Julia, Sotnikova, Edmunds, Gold, Li, Osmond, Daleman, Ukolova, will all probably rise to the top.